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TEL AVIV / ANKARA — US Ambassador to Turkey and Special Envoy to Syria Thomas Barrak met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other senior officials during a visit to Israel, while Turkish Defense Minister Yaşar Güler reaffirmed Ankara’s position against withdrawing its troops from Syrian territory.  Barak’s visit…

BEIRUT — Israeli fighter jets carried out airstrikes early Friday on military sites and missile storage facilities in Syria’s coastal region, amid rising regional tensions and international calls for de-escalation.  According to the Israeli military, the strikes targeted sites near Latakia that were storing shore-to-sea missiles, which Israel says pose…

GAZA / TEL AVIV — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has approved a US-proposed ceasefire plan for the Gaza Strip, Israeli media reported. The initiative, presented by US Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff, aims to halt hostilities and initiate humanitarian measures in the region. The proposed ceasefire includes a 60-day…

DOHA — Cease-fire negotiations between Israel and Hamas broke down this week in Doha, as both sides accused each other of derailing the talks. The indirect discussions, aimed at halting the conflict in Gaza and facilitating the release of Israeli hostages, failed to progress due to entrenched demands and mutual…

JERUSALEM — Israeli forces on the Golan Heights have been put on high alert amid bloody sectarian clashes in Syria’s Druze communities. In a joint statement this week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) had carried out “a warning operation” against extremists…

GAZA STRIP — As the humanitarian crisis in Gaza worsens, the acute shortage of clean water has escalated into a dire struggle for survival. The collapse of essential infrastructure has turned a health and environmental emergency into a daily fight for life. Olga Cherevko, a relief worker with the UN…

DARAMSUQ (DAMASCUS) – In a dramatic escalation overnight, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) executed two precision airstrikes against strategic military sites in Syria. The operations come amid growing sectarian tensions and renewed calls by Druze leaders for more robust state protections for their communities.  The first strike occurred near Daramsuq…

JERUSALEM-DARAMSUQ – The Israeli Airforce (IAF) this morning hit targets only a couple of hundreds of meters away from the palace of President Ahmad Al-Sharaa of the Syrian Transitional Government (STG). The IAF General Staff stated on platform-X that it had struck operatives near Daramsuq (Damascus) who had attacked Druze…

JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reiterated his call for the complete dismantling of Iran’s nuclear infrastructure, as negotiations between Washington and Tehran continue in pursuit of a new nuclear agreement. Speaking at the Jewish News Syndicate conference in Jerusalem on Sunday, Netanyahu underscored the necessity of a…

BEIRUT – For the third time since the signing of a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah, Israeli fighter jets launched an airstrike on Sunday targeting a building in Beirut’s southern suburbs. The attack, which reportedly struck a Hezbollah facility, ignited large fires and sparked a mass evacuation from the…